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Switzer was born in [[Amberg]], [[Germany]], the daughter of a major in the [[United States Army]]. Her family returned to the United States in 1949.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.germanroadraces.de/274-0-27111-katherine-switzer-65-jahre-gratulation-der.html |title=Katherine Switzer 65 Jahre - GRATULATION der Laufpionierin! |last=Milde |first=Horst |date=January 5, 2012 |language=de |work=German Road Races e.V. |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329011408/http://www.germanroadraces.de/274-0-27111-katherine-switzer-65-jahre-gratulation-der.html |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She graduated from [[George C. Marshall High School]] in [[Fairfax County, Virginia]], then attended [[Lynchburg College]].<ref name="tomd">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bostonmarathonfi00derd/page/302 |title=Boston Marathon : the first century of the world's premier running event |author=Derderian, Tom |date=1996 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bostonmarathonfi00derd/page/302 302] |publisher=Human Kinetics |isbn=0880114797 |location=Champaign, IL |oclc=33160969 |url-access=registration}}</ref> She transferred to [[Syracuse University]] in 1967, where she studied journalism and English literature.<ref name="lady">{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaed.org/assets/products/151/Kathy_Switzer.pdf |title=Lady With Desire to Run Crashed Marathon |date=April 23, 1967 |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306124858/http://www.mediaed.org/assets/products/151/Kathy_Switzer.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="tomd" /> She earned a bachelor's degree there in 1968 and a master's degree in 1972.
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After transferring from Lynchburg to Syracuse, Switzer sought permission to train with the men's cross-country running program. Permission was granted, and cross-country assistant coach Arnie Briggs began training with her. Briggs insisted a marathon was too far for a "fragile woman" to run,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-22/women-shine-as-gender-barriers-continue-to-fall-us-army-rangers/6716888 |date=August 22, 2015 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Commission |title=First women graduate from US Army Ranger School as gender barriers continue to fall |first=Jennifer |last=King |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822132200/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-22/women-shine-as-gender-barriers-continue-to-fall-us-army-rangers/6716888 |archive-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref> but he conceded to Switzer: "If any woman could do it, you could, but you would have to prove it to me. If you ran the distance in practice, I’d be the first to take you to Boston."<ref name ="KS Life"/> By the winter of 1967, Switzer was training for the upcoming Boston Marathon, tackling courses in Syracuse and on the roads between Syracuse and Cazenovia, New York, 20 miles away.
===1967 Boston Marathon===
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